Cloth-measuring device



(No ModeL) M. AOKERLAND;

CLOTH MEASURING DEVICE.

I N0. 54 3,.203. Patented July 23, 1895.

i NITED STATES PATENT QFFI CE.

MAX'AOKERLAND, CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CLOTH-MEASURING DEVlCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,203, dated July 23, 1895. Application filed May 18, 1895. Serial No. 549,751- -(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, MAX AGKERLAND, a citi zen of the-United States, and a resident of Gincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Oloth-Measu ring Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a reliable, cheap, and convenient device for measuring cloth as it is drawn from the bolt r or roll in order -t verify the mill-measurements, and also to mark the cloth as it is measured for convenience inselling or cutting the same.

It is the'common practice in wholesale and jobbing houses to measure the cloth invoiced from the mills, and this is customarily done by mounting the bolt or roll at one end of a long table, drawing it over the table from the roll, and having the table marked upon the edge. This usually requires two persons to measure the cloth, one to draw it from the ters wherever they occur throughout the varione views, Figure l is a top plan view of my improved marker. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same mounted upon the table and looking from the end opposite that at which the bolt is mounted. Fig. 3 is a detailed View of the forward end of the head which carries the marker, being taken from the opposite side of Fig. 1 to show arear elevation of the register or indicator. Fig. 4c'is an outside elevation of the marker and a-portion of the table, in

side elevation, upon which it is mounted. Fig.

5 is a detailed view upon a diminished scale of the pull-rod and its attachments by which the marker is actuated. A

'struction and A one of its side supports.

A represents a table-top of ordinary con- The top is ordinarily about fifteen feet long and in front of one end the bolt or roll is mounted which is to be unwound and drawn over the top of table to be measured and marked. The j standard supporting the roll is not shown, as it and'the table are of ordinary construction.

My improved marker consists of the standard B, which has angle-feet b and b, the one to rest upon and be secured to the top of the table and the downwardly-projecting one to bear against and be secured by screws in the ordinary manner to one' edge of the table. In the standard B are secured three rods, two of which 0 carry the sliding head D. The upper rod E supports the indicator F, which is rigidly secured upon it. The inner ends of these rods pass through a head G. The ends of the rods E and C are diminished and screwthreaded, leaving a shoulder to bear against the inner wall of the head G and the inner wall of the standard B, so that when the nuts on the outer ends of the rods are tightened up the parts are rigidly secured together. The sliding head D is perforated to slide upon the rods 0, and coil-springs 0 around the rods 0 exert their pressure to forcefand holdthe sliding head D against the head G. From the web uniting thetwo tubular sides of the sliding head D projects downwardly perforated lugs d, in. the lower ends of which is pivoted the marker-arm H, the upperangular end of which is also perforated. to receive one end of the spiral spring d','the oppositeend of which is secured in an upward projection d from the web of the sliding head D. The tension of the spring is exerted to hold the marker-arm in its elevated position, as shown the arm by a clamp-piece h and set-screws in The arm H has also a perforated lug h toreceive a wire cord J which passes around a sheave or pulleyj, journaled in the'standard B, and thence down around the sheave j, i which is journaled in a box secured to the support A of the table, the cord extending with any suitable handle or loop toward the end of the table where the operator stands.

The operation of the device so far described is as follows: Assuming that the marker is applied to the opposite end of the table, so that the marking-piece h is four'yards distant from the end of the table, the operator pulls the cloth over the table until itsend reaches the end of the table. Then, by drawing upon the cord J, the marker is pulled down to the position shown in the dotted line, Fig. 1, and afurther pullon the cord J draws the head D, against the pressure of the springs 0, toward the standard B, making a distinct mark across the cloth. WVhen the cord'is released, the spring 1 throws the arm I-I up to the position shown in full line, Fig. l. The operator then pulls the cloth forward until the mark made comes above the end of the table. The cord is again pulled and another mark made, and the operation continued until the bolt has been all drawn off and pulled over the table.

It has been customary to mark cloth in fouryard lengths, and I have described the simplest form of my device for accomplishing this result; but I also contemplate putting four of the markers upon the edge of the table, with the marking-points a yard apart, arranging a pull-rod K to slide between grooved wheels 7s, journaled upon the side A of the table, the said rod having couplings 7a, with upwardly projecting perforated lugs k coming between each of the standards 13, so that the rope J may be connected to each one of these couplings, and when the pull-rod, which extends the full length of the table in convenient reach of the operator at the end, is turned forward the four markers Will be brought down upon the cloth and drawn across it, thus mark-ing the cloth in yard lengths.

In order to register the number of yards in each bolt, I have provided the indicator F, which is rigidly mounted upon the rod E, the face of the indicator being marked from zero to nineteen. Each movement of the indicator-hand from one figure to the other indicates four yards. It is only necessary to have the indicator upon one of the markers, if more than one be used, and any of the well-known forms of indicator or register may be em-.

ployed but I have shown a simple form, which I prefer to employ. This consists of the num bored face or diskhaving the indicator or pointer f secured upon a shaft, which is journaled in the disk F. Upon the opposite side of the disk and secured upon the same shaft is a ratchet-wheel f.

From the head D projects upwardly an arm 61 which has journaled in its upper end a weighted pawlf the detent of which engages the teeth of the ratchet-wheel f. A yoke 01, projecting up from the head D, passes over the detent or pawl f and limits its upward movement. Upon the back of the disk Fis alsojournaled a pawl f the detent of which is pressed by a springf into engagement with the teeth of the ratchet-wheelf so as to prevent its moving backward after it has been rotated the distance of one tooth by the motion of the head D, when it is pulled back to mark the cloth, as before described. After the cloth has all been drawn over the table and the number of yards indicated by the register noted, the indicator is turned back to zero by the operator turning it in the same direction.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the essential feature of my invention is in providing a marking attachment to be secured to an ordinary table, the actuating member of which is within convenient reach of the operator standing at the end of the table, so that it may be drawn down after the desired length of cloth hasbeen drawn over the table and automatically thrown up after the proper marking has been done to permit the cloth to be again drawn forward. It is evident, therefore, that many mere mechanical changes may be made in the device I have represented to accomplish the same result without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not desire to limit myself to thespecific details of construction shown.

l/Vhat I claim as new, and desire. to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cloth marking attachment the table over which the cloth is drawn, the standard secured to the edge of the table, having rods or arms projecting over the table, asliding head mounted upon said arms, a marking arm carried by said head, a spring to hold the arm and marker normally above the table, and an actuating cord or wire connected to said arm within convenient reach of the operator at the end of the table to pull the marker down upon the cloth and across it when the desired length of cloth has been drawn under the marker, substantially as shown and described and across the table, and means to draw the marker down across the table, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a cloth marker, the combination of the standard, B, the head, G, and rods, E and C, passing through the standard, ahead rigidly secured thereto, forming the frame of the marker, at head mounted to slide upon the TIC rods, C, the arm, H, journaled in said red, the purpose of drawing the marker down upon spring, d, to hold the arm normally above the the table and across the cloth, substantially 10 table, a spring, a, coiled around the rods, 0, asshown and described.

to normally press the sliding arm carrier against the head, G, the pulleys, 7' and j, jour- MAX AOKERLAND, naled in bearings inthe standard and table Witnesses: 1 support, and the cord, J, secured to the marker EMMA LYFORD,

arm and passing around said sheaves for the GEO. J. MURRAY. 

